30mg morphine pill?

Question

I have been taking like 8 5/325 percocet a night for about a week. I have a 30mg morphine pill, if I take that what will the effects be...more than the percocet?

Answer 1

So what is it 7 - or 8 and why all these different questions?

THROW IT AWAY

Answer 2

Sounds like you have a MS Contin tablet there. It is a time released medication meant to establish a consistant blood level of morphine over 12 hours for pain management. There is no ceiling to how much morphine anyone can take. Of course, you can't take 100 mg of morphine right off the bat and expect to survive that, but morphine can be increased gradually without any ceiling in mind. (I once had a patient on 1000mg of morphine a day and she was still doing her housework) Vicodan and percocet are different. They have narcotics in them (vicodan has hydrocodone, and percocet contains oxycodone) Both of these medications are also mixed with tylenol. Tylenol has a ceiling because it can cause permanent liver damage and death if overdosed. If the MS Contin is not yours, DO NOT TAKE IT! If your body is narcotic naive you run the risk of having problems (including death) from it and that medicine will stay in your system for 12 hours.

Answer 3

It's not to be recommended. You should take YOUR prescription. The friend supplying you with the morphine should (1) take THEIR prescription and (2) not supply you with opiate medications (this is against the law).

I am assuming you take 8 tablets of 5mg oxycodone, 325mg paracetamol.

The morphine tablet is a lot stronger than those percocet tablets. You may well get away with it, but you are running the risk of morphine side effects: nausea, vomiting, constipation, confusion, itch, INABILITY TO BREATHE, headache, delirium etc.

So watch out for that nasty constipation. Make sure you have a lot of bran and a lot of water and some naloxone close at hand ... and maybe someone who can intubate you.

Your practice of taking that much paracetamol (or acetaminophen as they call it in the States) is also not good for your liver. My suggestion is that you see your usual prescriber and arrange a better pain relief regime.